A late Good Evening! - Today was: Thursday, 18 June 2026 23:12:15 NZST
Current: 10.2°C, Max: 13.7°C, Min: 7.9°C. It feels like 8.6°C
FORECAST: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy after midnight. Low around 5C. Winds light and variable. It feels like 8.6°C. 4 clothing layers recommended.
Station Forecast: Fine weather | Sunrise: 07:40 | Sunset: 16:58 | Dawn: 07:09 | Dusk: 17:29
Weather Forecast
Temperature : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.2 °C/hr 10.2°C, 80%   Pressure : Current trend is Rising, changing by 0.8 hPa/hr 1015.9hPa
Based upon today's weather there is a Low Fire Danger (restrictions may apply)
Fire Danger
Wind Speed :  SE  Current wind speed is Light air (F1) from SE (141°) 4km/h   Wind Gust : Current trend is Steady 10km/h
Air Quality :  11 AQI  3.1ug/m3   Rainfall : Current trend is Steady 1.2mm
Sun Light : 0Lux, 2.7hrs   Solar UV :  0.0UVI  0W/m2
Last weather station contact: Thursday, 18 June 2026 at 23:13:07. Updated in seconds

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NOAA Climate Reports - Daily, Month and Year History Report and Extremes
The NOAA Climate Report provides a day-by-day, monthly and yearly look at the weather since 2009 in Palmerston North. This offers detailed records for the rain, wind and temperatures as well as totals and summaries all recored at the Palmerston North location.

Report for 2021 Jan
                   Monthly Climatological Summary for Jan 2021

Name: City Centre   City: Palmerston North   State: Manawatu
Elevation: 36 m  Lat: S 40 21 32   Lon: E 175 34 22

                  Temperature (°C), Rain (mm), Wind Speed (km/h)

                                      Heat  Cool        Avg
    Mean                              Deg   Deg         Wind                 Dom
Day Temp  High   Time   Low    Time   Days  Days  Rain  Speed High   Time    Dir
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01  18.6  24.9   15:39  10.3   05:53   1.9   2.2   0.0   4.6  41.8   15:22     W
02  19.8  28.0   16:21  13.4   05:50   1.1   2.7   3.0   3.6  25.2   16:41     W
03  18.2  24.4   11:44  14.7   23:34   1.1   0.9  12.6   3.2  33.2   15:01     W
04  18.8  26.0   08:18  13.4   06:07   1.6   2.1   0.0   5.3  38.2   13:07     W
05  19.5  26.0   16:23  12.4   03:10   1.6   2.7   0.0   4.5  38.9   18:52     W
06  20.1  26.3   14:56  15.5   23:55   0.6   2.4   0.0   5.4  49.0   13:05   WNW
07  18.6  23.8   12:33  15.4   00:22   1.1   1.4   1.6   4.5  36.0   16:45     W
08  19.3  25.3   14:58  15.0   23:47   1.1   2.0   0.4   4.5  41.1   10:06    SW
09  18.2  25.3   15:54  14.4   01:56   1.7   1.6   0.0   4.9  40.4   17:55   SSE
10  18.1  23.1   11:25  14.6   05:34   1.4   1.2   0.0   7.7  47.6   16:48   WNW
11  18.8  25.6   11:38  14.4   01:43   1.4   1.9   0.0   7.3  46.1   16:38   NNE
12  20.2  27.3   15:22  15.4   01:19   0.9   2.7   0.0   6.1  37.5   08:47   ENE
13  21.0  28.7   12:28  15.6   06:15   0.6   3.3   0.0   3.6  40.4   14:56   WSW
14  20.2  28.0   14:30  14.7   03:31   1.0   3.0   0.0   3.3  36.0   15:56   WSW
15  21.2  29.3   17:08  14.5   05:38   0.8   3.7   0.0   3.7  30.3   11:21     E
16  20.3  27.2   16:38  16.3   01:02   0.5   2.5   0.0   4.9  44.0   13:40    NW
17  20.3  28.6   13:11  14.9   05:45   0.8   2.8   2.2   8.2  46.1   18:28    NW
18  17.2  21.6   14:27  13.5   02:21   1.6   0.5   0.2  13.8  55.5   15:01   WNW
19  17.8  24.4   15:14  14.1   07:17   1.8   1.3  16.0  12.8  64.2   11:25   WNW
20  13.4  17.8   16:12   9.4   23:47   4.9   0.0   8.4  12.2  60.6   16:43   WNW
21  14.4  20.5   15:34   9.0   01:14   4.0   0.1   0.2  14.2  62.0   13:01   WNW
22  16.9  23.1   14:58  12.7   04:12   2.3   0.9   0.0   8.2  51.2   10:37   WNW
23  16.3  21.4   14:43  12.9   05:44   2.2   0.2   0.0  10.3  57.0   17:39   WNW
24  17.7  22.0   14:48  14.9   03:36   1.3   0.8   0.4  12.0  53.4   10:03   WNW
25  18.0  23.2   15:37  13.6   03:04   1.5   1.2   0.0  10.1  45.4   16:21   WNW
26  20.6  27.6   14:48  15.4   23:52   0.4   2.8   0.0   4.8  28.8   13:39   WNW
27  18.5  26.3   15:32  12.0   05:13   1.7   1.9   0.0   4.6  45.4   15:30     W
28  17.5  24.8   13:53  12.2   23:29   1.9   1.1   0.2  10.5  63.4   14:28   WNW
29  14.1  19.8   16:22  10.8   03:34   4.2   0.0   0.0   4.9  37.5   14:11    SE
30  13.8  20.2   14:18   6.6   06:31   4.6   0.1   0.0   4.8  31.7   17:07    SE
31  16.5  24.6   16:51   8.9   05:53   3.3   1.5   0.0   4.7  40.4   16:44     E
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    18.2  29.3    15     6.6    30    54.9  51.5  45.2   6.9  64.2    19     WNW

Max >=  27.0  8
Max <=   0.0  0
Min <=   0.0  0
Min <= -18.0  0
Max Rain: 16.0 on day 19
Days of Rain: 11 (>= 0.2 mm)  5 (>= 2.0 mm)  0 (>= 20.0 mm)
Heat Base: 18.3  Cool Base: 18.3  Method: Integration